Fade
Chapter Five.
Cass' POV
The more i thought about how angry Maggie made me, the harder I pushed myself to make my moves sharper and even more on time. My heart was pounding and my legs were sore, but I focused on keeping my abs tight as I wound through my carefully choreographed dance.
Dance was the only thing that could distract me from what went down at home. It was my rock, the thing I could go to wheen something went wrong. "Cassandra! Shoulders back!" Ms. Donahugh clapped her hands quickly, and I pushed my shoulders back further. I spun through a double pirouette then leaped through the air to land in my partner Ben's arms. As i was lifted over his head, I could feel the way his hands fit comfortably around my waist. Ben then lowered me so our noses were barely touching, and I broke away to continue my routine.
The message in the dance was how this girl was broken and couldn't love anyone, even though this boy was so deeply in love with her. It was exactly how I felt. Since I started dancing with Ben, I had had a crush on him. With those deep brown eyes and tan skin, how could a girl resist. But he was two years older than me. Today, I felt something different in the way he looked at me during that last lift, there was something different about the way he held me closer during our parts...
After two and a half hours of dancing, Ben and I were free to go, so I hurried to the dressing room to change while he talked to Ms. Donahugh. As got dressed into my short Abercrombie shorts and my cropped tee, I took a good luck at me body. To be honest, there wasn't a thing about it I didn't love. My stomach was flat and toned, my legs long and lithe, and my arms strong and thin. I stood at a perfect five foot seven inches, and weighed 110 pounds, perfect for a dancer.
When I walked out of the studio, Ben was waiting in his black Range Rover, "Hey Cass, need a ride home?" He smiled that beautiful smile, and i hurried over to his car.
"You did really well today, I love the way you get into the dance and put your whole self into it, I am so glad you're my partner," he said as we drove. I frequently caught him looking at me when he thought i didn't notice.
"Thanks,"
" And by the way, you are the most beautiful girl I have ever met." My heart practically stopped. No boy had ever told me that. Yeah guys call me pretty and hot all the time, but never beautiful. "Really??"
Ben looked surprised, "Yeah, of course. I assumed boys told you that all the time!"
"No, not really. But thank you," I smiled graciously, and his hand gently took hold of mine, our hands interlaced perfectly. My face was red and I was past butterflies and onto birds flying around my stomach.
"What do you say we go get some coffee, my treat?"
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We sat down at a little table in the corner, sipping our coffee while Ben told me his plans for college. "I got accepted into Claremont, USC, UCLA and Berkely, but I definitely want to be a lawyer, so I'm leaning towards Berkely."
"That's awesome!" I touched his arms from across the table flirtatiously.
"So tell me about your family?" He asked, taking my hand.
How could I tell him about Maggie? I guess I'll leave the anorexia out, I thought to myself. "Well my Dad is a physician, and my mom is a Judge here in the city. I have an older sister Maggie who is one grade above me. We both go to Calabasas High." Way to go Cass!!! I smiled inwardly at myself. "I play tennis, dance. and sing. Have been since before I can remember."
"I dance, play lacrosse, and play guitar. Nothing to extraordinary! Do you play any instruments?"
"Piano and guitar," We had so much in common! Definitely my kinda guy.
"Come over sometime and we can play, I really want to hear you sing," We tossed out our cups and headed out to the parking lot hand in hand.
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